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Deptford 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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viii.
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS
FOR 1908.
Area 1,574 acres
Population
Census 1901 110,398
Estimated to middle of 1906 115,495
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1901) 15,823
Average number of persons per house (Census 1901) 7
Density 71 per acre
Length of Public Streets 52 miles.
Rateable Value £636.553
Marriages 855
Marriage Rate 7.3
Births 3,260
Birth-rate 28.22
Birth Rate, average for the last 10 years 32.5
Deaths 1,854
Death-rate 16.0
Death Rate, average for the last 10 years 15.8
Infantile Mortality 144 per 1,000 births
Infantile Mortality, average for
the last 10 years 160 per 1,000 births
Zymotic Death Rate 2.75